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What started as a pact among friends that would benefit a charity turned into a once-in-a lifetime experience for Graeme McGaw of Kingston.

McGaw, a longtime pro wrestling fan who favours the "Attitude Era" in World Wrestling Entertainment of the late 1990s, was on Twitter when he received a message from a friend.

His friend, Vince Morales, informed McGaw of an ongoing raffle courtesy of legendary WWE superstar Mick Foley. The raffle was in support of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (better known as RAINN) in the United States.

RAINN is one of the largest anti-sexual violence organizations in the United States. The charity runs a 24-hour online hotline and leads efforts to prevent sexual violence, enhance victim services, and ensure sex offenders are brought to justice.

The raffle prize being offered by Foley included flights to and from Miami, full accommodations, VIP access and tickets to WrestleMania 28 and Monday Night Raw the following night, and $500 spending money. Mor­ales proposed a pact to McGaw: the pair would each buy a raffle ticket, and if either friend won, they would bring the other along.

"I bought a ticket because it was going to a great cause, and I was happy with that, and anything else above that would just be a bonus," McGaw said. "And then I won."

McGaw laughed, recalling the fateful pact and how glad he was to have made it when he found out that he'd won.

"That made it a lot easier, making that pact, because if I had to choose someone to take to that, I would not be put in a good position," he said in his thick Scottish accent before chuckling to himself.

McGaw flew to Miami, where all of the WrestleMania 28 festivities would take place between March 29 and April 3. But this prize wasn't limited simply to tickets to the event. Far from it, in fact.

"Everything was paid for," McGaw said. "The flight was paid for, the hotel was paid for, and it was like a five-star hotel, too, where all the wrestlers were staying, which just added to the experience like you couldn't believe," McGaw said.

"You're going down the elevator with people like Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Rowdy Roddy Piper, and drinking in the same bar with Tony Atlas and Santino Marella and Ric Flair."

McGaw could barely mask his excitement recounting his "trip of a lifetime." On top of getting all the bells and whistles, including car service and access to the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, McGraw got to have lunch and coffee with the likes of WWE greats such as the aforementioned Foley, David Otunga, and four of the WWE Divas (Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, and the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki).

"They were all private meet-ups, too, so that was just fantastic, getting to spend time with them," McGaw recalled.

But aside from all of the special treatment, McGaw said just being in the presence of some of his favourite WWE stars was awe-inspiring enough.

On the day McGaw arrived in Miami, he and Morales were on their way out of their hotel for lunch when a car pulled up right in front of them.

"Out steps The Undertaker, and that was just like 'Wow!' " McGaw said.

"The whole weekend, I wasn't starstruck at all . that was the one time that I was. I was just in awe."

And Foley, who spearheaded the charity raffle, gave McGaw a one-of-a-kind gift: The shirt off his back. Literally.

During an episode of WWE Raw in 2011, Foley wore a T-shirt made of two shirts sewn together. One side of the shirt was half of The Rock's T-shirt, the other was half of the shirt belonging to The Rock's WrestleMania opponent, John Cena.

That shirt now belongs to none other than McGaw.

For the price of a $2 raffle ticket all in the name of charity, McGaw said he ended up having one of the greatest trips imaginable. He credits Foley's tireless efforts to ensure McGaw and Morales had the best time possible with making that possible.

"So many of these celebrities, you know, they do stuff to raise money for charity right, which is great, but Mick Foley, you could tell he really, really cared about the experience that we would have," McGaw expressed.

"He was so passionate about it. He was texting me all weekend to make sure (I was) having fun and that everything was great ... that was really appreciated."

And any doubts McGaw had of his loyalty to being a WWE fan simply vanished after an experience like his, he said.